[Sca-cooks] Royal authenticity

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I must have missed something somewhere....but isnt the argument " I havent found anything specifically saying that it wasnt" the same argument that has been used before with other things, and we have been told that just because you cant find anything that says it wasnt used, doesnt mean that it was.

In short that it isnt a good argument for saying that something is period?

For example I seem to remember something about honey butter. We have evidence that it was used as a medicine, but no evidence to say that it was used as a spread. But we dont have any evidence to say that it wasnt either, and it is used in modern cuisine as a spread.

Isnt that the same argument as is being used below?

Ilia
In a message dated 9/26/2003 10:30:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur" <goldbergr1 at cox.net> writes:

>> >I often serve various sekanjabins as well (mint, thyme and rosemary are
>most
>> >popular). We know they weren't beverages as such in period, but at least
>> >they ARE period recipies.
>>
>> In what sense do we know they weren't beverages in period? There are
>> references to medical effects, but that's true of lots of food and
>> drink in period. Sekanjabin  is a beverage in modern Persian cuisine,
>> and I can't think of any period references implying that it wasn't.
>
>True... although I've been yelled at by some folks, saying "You shouldn't
>serve that - it was medicine, not a drink!" The challenge you present, Your
>Grace, never occured to me, so I took their words at face value. I went
>right on serving it, of course, but now will be armed when again presented
>with that argument.
>
>Avraham
>
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